Legal Opinion

State v. Sims

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 14, 1952No. 40518PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McCALEB, Justice.

Appellant was charged, tried and convicted of the offense of “criminal neglect of family” in that he intentionally deserted and failed to support his illegitimate minor child, in destitute circumstances, in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:74, as amended by Act No. 164 of 1950.1 Following the imposition *536of a sentence to serve 12 months in the parish jail, he prosecuted this appeal relying, in the main, on a motion to quash the bill of information for annulment of his conviction.

The allegations of the bill of information, as enlarged by certain facts furnished by the State in response…

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2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. State v. RandallSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
  2. People v. StanleyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1917
  3. State v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
  4. State v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
  5. State Ex Rel. Canfield v. PorterfieldMissouri Court of Appeals · 1927

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. State v. MacKSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954
  2. State v. HubbardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
  3. State v. ManningSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
  4. State v. LoveSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1952
  5. State v. KiperSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982

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